Chicago teachers make $43K more than in 2012

Average teacher salaries for Chicago Public School rose 86% from 2012 to 2024.

Accounts for cost-of-living adjustments andstep increases based on the average for teachers on the 208-day schedule in Lane 1, Step 13, and Lane 2, Step 12, in the 2022-23 school year, whose 2023 salaries most closely match the average teacher salary for the district in fiscal year 2023. Figure for 2012 uses 2010-2011 school year because Chicago Board of Education withheld the 4% pay raises for 2011-2012 school year
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